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" Shopping can be a nightmare - first finding something to wear and then finding something to go with it, it's so difficult when there's so much choice. It can feel like entering a battleground. "

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" I love the romance of what I do, although because of Isabella, Lady Gaga and Grace Jones, people think I have crazy customers. Sometimes I get more enthusiasm from the housewife who wants a hat and believes in it. "

Philip Treacy

Grace

Crazy

Think

" Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy. "

" I do say I'm a specialist in divas. Name a diva - I've worked with 'em. "

" Certainly, people like Gaga have introduced a new type of hat-wearing. "

Philip Treacy

New

Type

" So my advice is to always choose something simpler - an expressive outfit, plus a hat, can be frightening. "

" You always see a better side of where you're visiting when a local shows you around. "

" I particularly like to travel for work because you see a completely different side of the country you're visiting. "

Philip Treacy

You

Work

" When people think of hats, they think of her majesty the queen. "

" There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a bit of fun. It makes them laugh. You don't laugh when you put on a pair of shoes, but you do with a hat. "

" I make hats for lots of iconic people, and that makes my job very interesting. "

" Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream. "

" Royalty is completely different than celebrity. Royalty has a magic all its own. "

" Hat-making is laborious and time-consuming. It's a very tactile medium, and you can develop the skills, but it's one of those things: you either have it, or you don't. I love bringing something to fruition with my hands that gives people pleasure. "

" My mother had a sewing machine. I was never allowed to use it, but I was so fascinated by this little needle going up and down joining fabric together that I'd use it when my mother went out to feed the chickens. "

" I'm representative of 21st century Irish design, so I promote Irishness all over the world wherever I go. "

" When you're wearing something on your head, you feel beautiful. "

" Hats make people feel good, and that's the point of them. "

" I remember in the early nineties people saying the hat was just for old women, but that's ridiculous. "

" I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object. "

" When people come and visit me and have a hat made, it's a little bit like visiting a psychiatrist, but they don't actually realize that. "

Philip Treacy

Little

Hat

" Everybody loves things that sparkle. "

" I believe in originality, primarily. However, it's important to know what there has been before to aim in that direction. Art history informs us. It informs our mind. I like to look at books, exhibitions, paintings, as a computer, subconsciously taking on information. "

" I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes. "

" At home, I had seven brothers, one sister. I sewed clothes for my sister's dolls although she was grown and gone away. I was a weirdo but didn't think I was a weirdo. "

" What I love most about Her Majesty is that she has kept hats alive in people's minds for more than 60 years. You can't think of her without imagining her with a hat or a crown. I would, of course, love to design one for her. "

" I grew up in the west of Ireland, and Galway was our local seaside resort. We'd go for one day of the year during the summer, and I have enduring memories of the sand and the sea. "

" Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats. "

" I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner. "

" I like hats that make the heart beat faster. "

" The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats. "